Visiting crews arrive to help BGE

GLEN BURNIE, Md. – Hundreds of power company employees from around the country are fueling-up on pancakes, eggs, bacon, pastries, juice and coffee at the Baltimore Gas and Electric staging area near BWI-Thurgood Marshall Airport.

“We’ve been preparing for this for several days. We’ve hunkered down. We’ve got the folks in from out of state,” says John Murach, logistics site manager for BGE.

“We’re gonna sit tight, weather the storm today and tonight. Hopefully it will clear early so we can start to restore service tomorrow for wherever we need it,” says Murach.

In the meantime, people who lose power may have to do without.

“As the storm comes in and builds up, the number of outages may start to build. It really is going to be a balance with what we can do and if it’s safe to work in those conditions,” says Murach.